A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF POLITICS AND DIPLOMACY OF POST-GADDAFI LIBYA

The studyassessed critically the politics and diplomacy of post-Gaddafi Libya<.stic and external actors in the overthrow of Gaddafi as well as the political,
diplomatic and other consequences of the downfall of Gaddafi. Overtime, researchers have
contributed on the aforementioned topic with fundamental interest on the root causes of the
crisis. Most of them anchored their explanation on Centre-Periphery and dependency analysis
from the Marxian Political Economy approach. They pay less attention in interrogating the
issue in terms of the aftermath or implications the crisis will have on the politics and
diplomacy of Libya. This study shall employ theoretical foundation of complex
interdependence theory. We relied on secondary data source to investigate our analysis. The
study noted that the regime change in Libya has both positive and negative impact on the
politics and diplomacy of post-Gaddafi Libya.The study therefore recommends that for the
country to effectively reap the benefits of the regime change, the NTC should ensure a proper democratic transition processes which will enhance popular participation and economic integration and liberation.